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Complete Game Notes
The Game The Liberty men's basketball team returns to action, Friday night, squaring off with Southern Conference member Furman. The matchup marks the first meeting between the two squads in nearly 23 years, with Furman holding a 2-0 lead in the all-time series. Liberty looks to build on a 77-59 victory over Howard, while the Paladins try to bounce back from a 71-35 defeat at Clemson. Tip off inside Timmons Arena is slated for 7 p.m., with the contest airing live on the Liberty Flames Sports Network, Comcast Sports South, ESPN3 and MASN.
Climbing the Ladder – After moving to No. 2 all-time on Liberty's career blocked shots list with 113, Antwan Burrus is looking move up in another category – scoring. Burrus (918) is 82 points away from joining teammate John Caleb Sanders as the 24th member of Liberty's 1,000-point club.
Staying on Track – Through 11 games, Davon Marshall has 27 made three-pointers. Last year, Marshall made 30 three-pointers in the first 11 games en route to setting Liberty's single-season three-point record with 107.
Latest Trends - Antwan Burrus has made 13 consecutive free throws over the span of the last four games. Burrus' last missed free throw occurred with 9:47 remaining in Liberty's game against Hampton on Nov. 29.
- Liberty has won the rebounding battle the last five games, outrebounding its opponents 240-163 and averaging 40.0 rebounds during the span.
- The Flames have held opponents below 40.0 percent shooting in five of the last six games. Austin Peay was the exception, shooting 52.1 percent (25-of-48) against Liberty. Notes and Anecdotes - Prior to his days at South Carolina, current Liberty Director of Athletics Barber served five years at Furman, starting as Executive Director of the Paladin Club in 1991, before being promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs in 1994. While at Furman, Barber was responsible for the collection of $14 million in revenue from annual giving, capital gifts and endowed gifts, while guiding the Paladin Club to gifts totaling $3.75 million and set records for five-consecutive years. He was also the chairman of the Furman Pro-Am Golf Endowment Tournament, which totaled receipts of $6.5 million.
- Furman has played one other Big South team, this year, defeating Gardner-Webb in Timmons Arena on Nov. 12, 75-64. Stephen Croone finished the contest with a career-high 30 points, followed by William Gates Jr., who added 18. Jerome Hill led Gardner-Webb with 19 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
- Liberty's most recent game against Furman on Jan. 17, 1991, was actually just its third contest in the Vines Center. The Flames opened the facility against VMI on Nov. 30, 1990 and then played Roanoke College on Dec. 8 before hosting the Paladins. - Before being named Furman's head coach, Niko Medved spent six seasons as an assistant at Colorado State. Medved joined the Rams' coaching staff in the 2007-08 campaign, serving five seasons under Tim Miles and one under Larry Eustachy. Prior to the tenures of Miles and Eustachy, Dale Layer served as the head coach at Colorado State, leading the Rams for seven seasons (2000-2007).
- Along with the two head coaches, Furman assistant coach Dorian Green also has ties to the Colorado State program, having played at point guard for the Rams (2010-13). Green helped lead the Rams to four consecutive postseason appearances during his four-year playing career in Fort Collins, Colo., including at-large NCAA Tournament berths in 2012 and 2013.
- Two of Furman's assistant coaches have Big South ties. Now in his third year at Furman, Bob Richey spent the previous five seasons at Charleston Southern. As an associate head coach at Charleston Southern, Richey was instrumental in recruiting current Buccaneers Arlon Harper and Saah Nimley.
- Furman assistant Jay McCauley was in the Big South, spending the last three seasons as an assistant at Gardner-Webb. This past year, McCauley helped guide the Runnin' Bulldogs to a 21-13 overall record, 11-5 Big South Conference mark and a berth in the College Insider Tournament. The Runnin' Bulldogs were eliminated in the semifinals of the 2013 Big South Championship by the Flames, 65-62 (March 9).
- Liberty enters Saturday's contest 22-36 all-time against current members of the Southern Conference. The Flames are 1-4 versus Appalachian State, 1-2 against Chattanooga, 1-2 versus the Citadel, 2-2 against Davidson, 5-11 versus Elon, 0-2 against Furman, 0-4 versus Samford, 9-7 against UNC Greensboro, 2-2 versus Western Carolina and 1-0 against Wofford.
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Indigenous collaboration
Indigenous initiatives and collaboration
Situated on traditional Coast and Straits Salish territory, the University of Victoria is recognized for its commitment to and expertise in innovative programs and initiatives that support Indigenous students and communities.
UVic offers a growing range of courses and programs that reflect the cultural and historical perspectives of Indigenous people. We have a wide range of researchers and scholars with Indigenous focus.
At UVic we recognize the special role the university can play in relation to Canada's Indigenous peoples. We continue to build on our commitment to—and our greatly valued relationship with—Indigenous communities.
It is our goal to be the university of choice for Indigenous students, faculty and staff. One of the objectives in our Strategic Plan is to increase the number of Indigenous students graduating from all faculties at UVic, building on our commitment to and our unique relationship with Canada's First Peoples.


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Physician Participation in the MSSP: The Risks May be Greater than the Rewards
While accountable care organizations ("ACOs") have been hailed as an opportunity for healthcare providers to improve patient care and efficiencies and share in the resulting cost savings,1 the ACO structure currently set forth in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (the "MSSP")2 scheduled to start on January 1, 2012, may go forward without significant commitment from independent physician practices. Several risks to physician participation in the MSSP exist which if not addressed in the Final Rule3 could discourage involvement by independent physicians, a major component of the healthcare industry.4 These risks, some of which are highlighted in this article, may be greater than potential rewards such as sharing in the ACO's cost savings, increased operational and healthcare delivery efficiency, and improving the quality of care to beneficiaries.5
Risk of Losing Independence
Physicians who operate their own practices ("Independent Physician Practices" or "IPPs") have two principal options when it comes to participation in the MSSP: (1) join a hospital-formed ACO (a "Hospital ACO") through an employment model or a joint venture/partnership with the hospital or (2) form their own ACO in collaboration with other IPPs (a "Physician ACO").6
In joining a Hospital ACO the physician may lose a large amount of practice independence, and subject his or her practice to hospital administration control. Loss of independence and control would be considerable if the ACO is structured as an employment model, requiring that the physician become an employee of the hospital, or it could be less considerable if the ACO is structured as a joint venture/partnership model.7 In addition, the Hospital ACO might involve the large organization bureaucracy and red tape that is typical in larger organizations, which the physician participant would have to rely upon in the operations of the ACO such as the determination, allocation and delivery of any share of cost savings under the MSSP.8
A large Physician ACO may be similar to a Hospital ACO in the potential for loss of the physician participant's practice independence, and small Physician ACOs may not be possible under the structure of the MSSP. As currently proposed, the MSSP would require that each ACO serve at least 5,000 Medicare beneficiaries per year,9 requiring a sufficient number of physician participants to accommodate patients. As the size of the ACO increases, each physician participant may have less control over its operations, resulting in the potential loss of some of the IPP's patient treatment independence.10
Risk of Considerable Upfront Investment
While participation in a Hospital ACO is not ideal in some respects, it could be the only option for some physicians who desire to participate in an ACO but do not have sufficient capital to form a Physician ACO. A major barrier to participation in the MSSP is the amount of capital that appears to be required to fund an ACO, making it far more difficult for IPPs to participate in small or manageable sized groups than for larger organizations such as hospitals or health systems who typically have access to more capital. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") has estimated the total average start-up investment and first-year operating expenditures for each ACO participating in the MSSP at $1.7 million,11 but other sources estimate that the costs will be considerably higher - $11.6 to $26.1 million.12 These estimated costs are high for many reasons, including, for example, the requirement that the ACO purchase and maintain electronic health record systems and the costs involved in initiating properly structured management, quality reporting and focused care coordination programs.13
Risk of Exclusivity
Primary care physician participants, unlike specialists, are forced to be exclusive to a single ACO and therefore must make an informed decision on which ACO to join. As currently proposed, the MSSP "assigns" a beneficiary to an ACO based on the primary care physician14 that provided a plurality of the allowed charges for the beneficiary's primary care services.15 Exclusivity could be problematic for many reasons, most importantly where the ACO increases costs to the program and must share in losses. As noted below, a wrong decision by a primary care physician could cause severe economic consequences to his or her personal assets or practice if there are losses which are allocated across the ACO. This risk of exclusivity makes it impossible for primary care physicians, unlike specialists, to spread their risk between multiple ACOs, and therefore it is even more important for primary care physicians to understand their ACO, including what exit rights they have and to understand the amount of control they will have over the ACO's operations and savings, if any.16
Risk of Failing to Generate Shared Savings
While the potential to share in the savings that the ACO generates under the MSSP is an exciting prospect, physicians are skeptical because there is no guarantee of shared savings. The MSSP sets forth complex rules relating to the calculation of shared savings payments and the MSSP currently withholds a percentage of any cost savings.17 First, in order to qualify for shared savings payments, the ACO must exceed a performance threshold based on the ACO's scores in 65 quality measures.18 If the ACO exceeds the performance threshold, CMS would keep the first two percent of the savings, and would limit the ACO's share of the remaining to at most 50-60 percent of the total savings.19 In addition, CMS would keep 25 percent of the ACO's shared savings each year as a "withhold" in the event the ACO generates losses the following year.20 The risk in failing to generate shared savings based on these complex rules is a concern, especially to physicians who participate in smaller ACOs not able to absorb such risks due to the upfront investments in forming the ACO.21 Physicians may directly bear this risk if the ACO withholds a share of the physician's portion of shared savings payments to account for the MSSP withhold requirement.
Risk of Sharing in Losses
Every ACO in the MSSP is at risk for generating losses (rather than savings to the program) and ultimately sharing in those losses at some point in its participation in the MSSP. Currently there are only two tracks for ACO participation in the MSSP,22 both of which require that at some point during participation the ACO share in payment of a portion of any losses generated by the ACO.23 As noted above, particularly for smaller Physician ACOs, sharing in losses may be financially catastrophic due to limited capital reserve and inability to sustain a major loss.24 Such downside risk may discourage physicians from participating in the MSSP as the risk of inadvertent failure is too great.25
The significant risks to physician participants in the MSSP, such as considerable capital investments in ACO formation and operation, potential loss of practice independence, the dilution of shared savings payments and sharing in the increases in costs may exceed the potential rewards for participation. The Final Rule must alleviate these risks to some extent before physicians will commit without skepticism to participating in the MSSP. Before the Final Rule is issued, physicians who desire to form an ACO should be careful in selecting other physician participants, and those who are approached to join an existing ACO, whether hospital or physician led, should review in detail the governing documents of the ACO focusing in particular on the structure, methods for pay-outs/pay-ins and exit strategies.
For more information on this topic, the Health Law Section is hosting a webinar "Accountable Care Organizations: Physician Perspective" on November 3, 2011.
See generally, Accountable Care Organizations: Physician Participation Required, Howard Frederick Hahn and Torri A. Criger, American Health Lawyers Association Connections, January, 2011.
The MSSP Final Rule has not been issued as of the date of this article, although it is anticipated that it will be issued sometime in Fall, 2011 due to the 60 day comment period in the Proposed Rule and the January 1, 2012 start date for the program.
See e.g., American Medical Group Association letter to Donald Berwick, M.D., Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS"), dated May 11, 2011 (stating that in a survey of its membership, 93% stated that they would not participate in the ACO program under the current framework).
See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed Reg. at 19,639.
The MSSP as currently proposed would allow various groups of healthcare providers to create ACOs. According to PPACA and the Proposed Rule, an ACO in the MSSP must consist of one of the following groups of entities: (1) ACO professionals in group practice arrangements; (2) networks of individual practices of ACO professionals; (3) partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and ACO professionals; (4) hospitals employing ACO professionals; or (5) such other groups of providers of services and suppliers as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services determines appropriate.
This depends on the governing documents of the Hospital ACO and whether the physician is able to successfully negotiate some control over the ACO operations including, for example, the method for distribution of shared savings payments, although this is unlikely if the number of physicians is large.
See also Physicians versus Hospitals as Leaders of Accountable Care Organizations, Robert Kocher, M.D., and Nikhil R. Sahni, B.S., N Engl J Med (2010) explaining that hospital-dominated ACOs may result in the decline of physicians as independent professionals.
See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. at 19,545.
See, e.g., MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. at 19,639 (explaining that ACOs and their participants will need to refine all processes of caring for their patients and community). These changes will be administered by the ACO itself.
See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. at 19,639.
See American Hospital Association and McManis Consulting, The Work Ahead: Activities and Costs to Develop an Accountable Care Organization, April 2011, available at http://www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/clininteg/casestudies.shtml.
"Primary Care Physicians" is defined by the Proposed Rule as those physicians with specialization in internal medicine, general practice, family practice and geriatric medicine. See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,565.
The Proposed Rule defines primary care services as a select set of HCPCS codes identified in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including G-codes associated with the annual wellness visit and Welcome to Medicare visit. See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,565. Further, under the Proposed Rule beneficiaries would be assigned based on receipt of a "plurality" of the allowed charges for primary care services, rather than a majority or other percentage of primary care services. See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,567.
See also American Medical Association ("AMA") letter to Donald Berwick, M.D., Administrator of CMS, dated June 3, 2011, Page 15 (stating that the exclusivity requirement might discourage primary care physicians).
See generally, AMA letter to Donald Berwick, M.D., Administrator of CMS, dated June 3, 2011, Page 17 (stating that the performance measures are "too many" and may deter physicians from participating in the MSSP).
See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,570.
See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,596.
See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,615.
See generally AMA letter to Donald Berwick, M.D., Administrator of CMS, dated June 3, 2011, Page 5, stating that the minimum savings rate will put participation in an ACO outside the reach of smaller networks and potentially diminish provider competition.
See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,616.
For Track 1, the penalty would not apply until the third year of participation, however for Track 2, the penalty would apply in all years of participation where losses are generated. See MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19,617.
See, generally MSSP Proposed Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 19639 (stating that CMS anticipates that not all ACOs will achieve shared savings and some will incur a financial loss due to the requirement to repay a share of actual expenditures in excess of the benchmark).
See also AMA letter to Donald Berwick, M.D., Administrator of CMS, dated June 3, 2011, Page 2 (explaining that for many reasons it is inappropriate to force small and physician-driven ACOs in particular to accept down-side risk).
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Merritt Eatherton, 84
Merritt Asa Eatherton, 84, of Columbia City went quickly, but safely and peacefully home to his Lord and Savior at Parkview Whitley emergency room, Columbia City at 3:37 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. He was born Sept. 9, 1926 in Fostoria, Ohio, a son of Asa Brayton and Nora Mae (Vanderhoff) Eatherton.Merritt was raised in Fostoria and Wharton areas and graduated from Wharton High School with the Class of 1944. He proudly served in the United States Navy and April 23, 1947 he married the love of his life, Maxine Joan Corbin at the Wharton Church of God parsonage. They began their married life by operating an 80-acre dairy farm for many years. In the meantime, he also worked for Cobey Farm Equipment and other Cobey enterprises in Bucyrus, Kenton and Gallion, Ohio. He retired after 20 years service as the vice president and general manager of Eagle Crusher in Gallion. In 2004 he and his wife moved to Columbia City to be near family. He was a member of Wharton and Columbia City Churches of God. At the Wharton Church of God he served as an elder for 32 years, Sunday school superintendent for 15 years, Sunday school teacher for 20+ years, deacon and chairman of church board. He also had an amazing 54 years of perfect attendance at the Wharton Church of God. For the Ohio Conference of the Churches of God, he served on the board of finance as treasurer, financial secretary, president of Layman's Association and on the executive board as member at large. He also taught and served as a dean at Camp Otyokwah. For the Churches of God General Conference, he served as president of C.G.W.B for six years, delegate to General Conference and for several years he served as trustee of Winebrenner Seminary, Findlay, Ohio, where he also attended classes to further his education. He was a very active member of the Wyandot County Camp of Gideon's International, before moving to Indiana in 2004 to be near family. Merritt was an avid Ohio State sports fan. He enjoyed taking his grandchildren to sporting events and he loved anything shared with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Maxine Joan Eatherton, Columbia City; two children, Bob (Deb) Eatherton of Columbia City and David (Bethany) James of Grandview, Tenn.; three grandchildren including, April (Stephen) Isar and Christin (Adam) Jones, both of Fort Wayne and Jennie James of Lincoln, Neb.; three great-grandchildren, Alissa Mae Isar, Sierra Dahlia Isar and Joanna Maxine Jones, all of Fort Wayne; one brother, Dale Lavern Eatherton of Fostoria and one sister, Ruth Louise Mathias of Fostoria. He is preceded in death by one brother, Maynard Francis Eatherton and two sisters, Olive Mae Rathbunn-Gilhouse-Gilette-Kimble and Janet Kay Krupp-Stock.Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, both at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with Pastors Jim Martin and Johnny McCallister, of the First Church of God, Columbia City, officiating. Visitation will also be held at the Wharton Church of God, Cass Road, Wharton, Ohio from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday with funeral service immediately following with Pastor Joe Carney, officiating. Committal services with military graveside rites will follow in the Wharton-Richland-Union Cemetery, Wharton. Memorial bequest may be given in Mr. Eatherton's memory to either the First Church of God Building Fund, Wharton Church of God Mission Fund or to Gideon's International. Envelopes will be available through the funeral home. To send family condolences or to sign the guest register, log on to www.demoneygrimes.com.


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Volvo Virginia plant to lay off 300 workers
Volvo Virginia plant to lay off 300 workers
DUBLIN, Va. —
A Volvo Trucks plant in Dublin, Va., will lay off about 300 workers next year.
That's according to a report from NBC affiliate WSLS.
The company employs about 2,400 workers.
Brandon Borgna, of Volvo Trucks media relations, confirmed the layoff plans. The workforce reduction will take place in January.
"We very much regret having to take this action, which is driven by the well-publicized decline in industry orders," he told WSLS.


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At a meeting I held with the School Deans last spring, there was considerable Interest expressed to a management seminar on the issues and progress of collective bargaining. I have scheduled such a seminar on September 14, 1981 at the International Center. Mr. Donald H. Wollett, Law professor from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law will serve as seminar moderator. It is important that you plan to attend all day. The seminar, including a no-host sandwich lunch, will be held from 9:30 am until approximately 5:00 pm.


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Competition Will Award Seed Funding to 60 Ventures and a Grand Prize of $25,000
Competition Will Award Seed Funding to 60 Ventures and a Grand Prize of $25,000
AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Feb 4, 2014) - Today, the LIVESTRONG Foundation is launching a unique global competition to generate innovations that advance its mission of improving the daily quality of life for people affected by cancer now. Beginning on World Cancer Day, "The Big C competition" aims to initiate an international movement in entrepreneurship by collaborating with social innovators to create financially-sustainable enterprises that will make the world a better place -- not only for the 32.5 million people living with cancer globally, but also for the family, friends and caregivers of those facing the disease. The Big C competition will be produced in partnership with Verb; an Austin-based company that runs social entrepreneurship competitions focused on the planet's most pressing problems. One of the first and biggest global challenges open to all forms of innovations -- programs, services, technology, products -- the Big C addresses the critical issues that people affected by cancer are experiencing today as identified in LIVESTRONG's research.
"For too long, a diagnosis of 'the big C' and facing cancer has been a socially taboo topic even though this disease touches everyone. By naming this competition, 'The Big C', we're taking cancer head on, encouraging a global dialogue and bringing cancer to the forefront of innovation. We want to empower individuals and teams to build solutions for those affected by the disease today," said LIVESTRONG Foundation President and CEO Doug Ulman. "With this competition, we hope to unite a global community around a common cause and change the way the world lives with cancer."
Helping cancer patients and survivors deal with the daily struggles that accompany their treatment and survivorship has traditionally been a largely underserved market. A 2010 LIVESTRONG Foundation survey found that nearly all cancer survivors experience continued physical, emotional and practical concerns long after treatment ends. Yet many reported they did not receive help for these needs. Only half of those who experienced emotional concerns received help and just 20 percent of those with practical concerns received assistance.
Moreover, in a century filled with modern innovations and solutions for all kinds of health-related issues, it is notable that out of the approximately 1,980 therapy-specific health care apps for patients and consumers, a mere 77 (about four percent) are geared toward cancer, the leading cause of death worldwide, according to an October 2013 IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics Report. This is just one small example of the way that helping cancer patients and survivors deal with their daily struggles is an underserved market.
The Foundation is seeking to fill that gap by opening The Big C competition to anyone with an audacious product, service or other innovation. The only requirement is that it helps those facing cancer today - people like Sarah, who thought that becoming a mom would no longer be possible after her cancer diagnosis, or Leon who needed more information, guidance and support to beat the disease on his terms.
To enter, participants can submit innovations to the following competition tracks:
"LIVESTRONG's social innovation competition strikes at our core beliefs: the nonprofit organization that unleashes next generation talent to solve the world's biggest problems," said Echoing Green Foundation President, Cheryl L. Dorsey. "By creating the space for dialogue and new ideas, and providing critical supports to these entrepreneurs, this competition will fast-track progress and allow some of the world's most credible solutions to reach those affected by cancer today."
Teams and individuals who enter will compete for funding, expert mentoring and international exposure to a community of potential customers and investors. Sixty total ventures will receive a total of $140,000 in seed funding, based on their innovation's utility, ingenuity and benefits to cancer patients and survivors. The grand prize winner will receive $25,000.
Entries are accepted until May 15, when judging will begin. Of the top 150 entries, 20 will move on to the venture accelerator phase from July 14-Sept. 15, where contestants will be paired with cancer survivors and business mentors to turn their ideas into action. On Sept. 29, five finalists will be announced. Oct. 16-18, the finalists will travel to Austin, Texas, to present their innovations during the Team LIVESTRONG Challenge Austin, where the grand prize winner will be selected.
About the LIVESTRONG Foundation
The LIVESTRONG Foundation fights to improve the lives of people affected by cancer now. Created in 1997, the Foundation is known for providing free cancer support services and advocating for policies that improve access to care and quality of life. Known for its powerful brand -- LIVESTRONG -- the Foundation has become a symbol of hope and inspiration around the world. Since its inception, the Foundation has served 2.5 million people affected by the disease and raised more than $500 million to support cancer survivors. One of America's top non-profit organizations, the Foundation has been recognized by industry leaders including Charity Navigator, the National Health Council and the Better Business Bureau for its excellent governance, high standards and transparency. For more information, visit LIVESTRONG.org.
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Verb is a social enterprise that produces massive social entrepreneurship competitions in partnership with global companies, foundations and governments. Verb competitions mobilize thousands of teams around the world to solve the planet's most pressing social and environmental problems. Founded in 2013 by Austin entrepreneurs Suzi Sosa and Tom Meredith, Verb combines proprietary technology, expertise and social networks to produce a competition experience unlike any other. For more information, visit goverb.com.
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2 from Triad win $1M in Powerball
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Two men from the Triad are North Carolina's first million-dollar Powerball winners in 2013.
Mike Conrad of Winston-Salem and Terry Gray of Asheboro won the prizes in the last two drawings on Wednesday and Saturday night. Both matched all five white balls but not the Powerball.
Conrad, a security guard, bought his ticket at the Harris Teeter on Clemmons Road in Clemmons. Gray bought his ticket at the Kelly's 49 convenience store on Old Highway 49 in Denton.
Both received $680,000 after taxes. Conrad said he wants to use the money for home repairs, to pay off medical bills and invest the rest wisely. Gray said he plans to save for his future retirement.


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Well everyone, RWBY Volume 4 is here! Now that it's begun, I feel like I should talk about something that I've been worried about for months now: Yang's character development, or in this case, lack thereof.
As we know, Yang got shafted the first three volumes. As a main character in the show (HER NAME IS IN THE TITLE!), you'd expect her to get a high level of character development, right? Well, that never happened. Instead, we had arcs focused on Jaune, Pyrrha, Blake, Weiss, and Ruby. But what about our Sun Goddess? Nothing.
Oh sure, we get a two minute speech in Volume 2. Okay, well that did give us more character development than all of Volume 1 combined, but it still wasn't much. Think about how much Blake or Jaune has got. Then look at Yang. Her name is in the title of the show, yet sidekicks like Jaune gets arcs for themselves. It made me feel like Miles and Kerry just didn't care enough about Yang or consider her important enough to deserve character development. Then we got the Volume 2 after credits scene.
That had me SO excited that she would finally get something! HER MOTHER?!?! That's got to be important and that'll certainly be an arc, right?! RIGHT?!? Nope. Volume 3 comes around, we get a thirty second back and forth between her and Qrow (my mom showed up. Yep, thought so. K. Bye), and THAT WAS IT! A complete waste of potential on EVERY front. What could have been a defining moment for Yang was squandered because they don't care as much about our busty blonde as they do characters like Jaune or Pyrrha. It's not like Yang is part of the main team or anything!
Sigh, sorry, getting off track. So, for the first three volumes, every chance Yang had to get character development was squandered, and we never saw her really grow. Now, Volume 4 is around, and it's the perfect time for a Yang arc! To see this incredibly bombastic and charismatic person suddenly brought back to Earth by this crushing blow from Adam sets up SO many good conversations we could see play out, both with herself internally and with Taiyang. Hell, even Raven could show up! So much potential to see our Yang get the character development she so desperately needs and undoubtedly deserves.
However, I can feel my hopes draining with every second at this point. After looking at the Volume 4 intro, and the fact that Yang has the least screen time of ALL the protagonists of Team RWBY (everyone gets a fight sequence and Yang is ignored) is troublesome. Could Miles and Kerry screw the pooch again and fail to give Yang the development she is set up for? Possibly, as it's not like we haven't seen potential for Yang's character growth ruined before. I mean, at this point, we've gotten more characterization about Yang from RWBY Chibi than we have from the actual show. And that's not even canon!
What I'm trying to say is, Miles and Kerry, please don't squander this opportunity. Yang is so perfectly set up for an arc that looks deep into her psyche and her personality! We could finally see Yang grow as a person, both mentally and physically, if done right! Please don't ruin that opportunity by either ignoring it entirely or making it thirty second scenes where you constantly cut away from her. Yang is a part of Team RWBY, too. Yet she's been ignored for the last three volumes, pushed aside for the side characters like Jaune and Penny. I hope this volume changes that.


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Full Name: Tracy Lamar McGrady Jr
Born: May 24, 1979 in Bartow, Florida
High School: Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, North Carolina)
College: None
Drafted By: Toronto Raptors, 9th Overall, 1997 NBA Draft
Height: 6-8 ; Weight: 225lbs
Position: Small Forward
Nickname: T-Mac
Career Statistics - NBA (1997-2012)
Points - 18,381
Rebounds - 5,276
Assists - 4,161
Blocks - 807
Steals - 1,136
2 X All-NBA First Team
3 X All-NBA Second Team
2 X All-NBA Third Team
7 X NBA All-Star
2 X NBA Scoring Champion
NBA Most Improved Player (2001)
CBA All-Star
USA Today High School Player of the Year
1997 McDonald's All American
Tracy was born in Bartow, Florida. His mother, Melanise Williford, was just out of high school, and his father, while caring and interested in Tracy's welfare, wasn't an everyday part of his son's life. In need of help, Melanise headed a short ways north to Auburndale, where her mother, Roberta, lived. The two women shared the responsibility of raising Tracy. Eventually he would call both "Mom."
Auburndale—located between Tampa and Orlando, about 90 minutes from each—was a comfortable town of just 9,000 residents, most of whom were white. Tracy felt completely at ease there. An aunt anointed him with the nickname "Pumpkinhead," and just about everyone in town referred to him that way. He and his friends bounced around a neighborhood known as the "Hill" as though they owned it.
Life could be rough in Auburndale. One of Tracy's starkest childhood memories was the shooting death of a cousin's boyfriend. The incident convinced him that he didn't want to spend his adult years on the Hill.
Tracy's family did not have a lot of money, but he grew up with everything he needed. Melanise commuted to Orlando every day to work as a chambermaid in a Disney World hotel. She kept her son clothed—no small task—and there was always plenty of his favorite food, spaghetti with Roberta's sauce. Roberta helped out, too. She worked as a janitor, and dinner was often whatever she caught while fishing at a local pond. A cadre of relatives, meanwhile, made sure Tracy had lots of spending money come his birthday. He remembers receiving as much as $100 each year.
Tracy discovered sports at an early age and proved to be a natural athlete. He was first drawn to baseball. Tall, thin, and wiry, he possessed a blazing fastball and could whip his bat through the hitting zone with tremendous force. A Little League star in Auburndale, Tracy appeared headed for a career on the diamond until another round ball began to consume his life. He had played hoops all along, but didn't get serious about the sport until Penny Hardaway joined the Orlando Magic, in the fall of 1993. The rookie did things on the court that Tracy had never seen before. Hardaway quickly became his hero, the youngster emulating every part of his game.
Tracy began to turn heads in his junior year at Auburndale High School. In his first two seasons with the Bloodhounds, coach Ty Willis used him sparingly at the varsity level. The teenager matured into a dangerous all-around player by his third year, averaging 23 points and 12 rebounds a game. But off-the-court problems threatened to undo the progress he had made. A lazy student who was habitually late for class—if he showed at all—he was kicked off the basketball team after mouthing off to a teacher. The incident dropped him off the radar screen of most college recruiters. Miami and Florida were the only schools that talked scholarship with him, but neither pursued the matter any further than that.
Tracy did have some influential people in his corner. Among them was Alvis Smith, Tracy's AAU coach and a street agent for Adidas. In the summer of 1996, Smith wangled an invitation for the 17-year-old to the shoe company's prestigious ABCD Summer Camp, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Tracy arrived on the school's Teaneck campus a nobody. The big name in attendance was Lamar Odom, a silky smooth lefty with the skills to play guard or center. Tracy got himself noticed when he demanded to be matched up against Odom, then blew him away. Later, in the camp's senior all-star game, he threw down a wicked windmill dunk that sealed his reputation as one of the nation's top prospects.
Given Tracy's questionable standing at Auburndale, Smith scouted out a new high school for the soon-to-be senior. The pair settled on Mount Zion Christian Academy in Durham, North Carolina. The Mighty Warriors were one of the state's perennial powerhouses, thanks in large part to coach Joel Hopkins. A strict disciplinarian with a hot temper, he liked to refer to himself as the "black Bobby Knight." Smith thought Tracy would benefit from the coach's intense style, and convinced him that Mount Zion was the place for him.
Early on it appeared that Tracy had made a wise decision. He devoted himself to an aggressive conditioning program and followed Hopkins's instructions without so much as a peep. Player and coach grew closer, the two spending several nights a week watching NBA games together. The results of Tracy's hard work and dedication were evident on the hardwood. Mount Zion twice beat Virginia's Oak Hill Academy, annually one of the nation's best teams, and climbed up USA Today's Super 25 rankings. Tracy was the catalyst. Playing all five positions and averaging nearly a triple-double, he did it all for the Mighty Warriors, acting as a defensive stopper on one end and an unstoppable scorer on the other.
Tracy, however, slipped into old habits as the season neared its end. When Hopkins challenged him at practice one day, the two got into a heated exchange, wrestled one another to the ground and almost came to blows. Ironically, the ugly confrontation accelerated Tracy's maturation process. When cooler heads prevailed and he and Hopkins made amends, he suddenly felt like a man. The metamorphosis colored his thinking in the following months.
A McDonald's All-American, Tracy led Mount Zion to the #2 ranking in the country, and was named national Player of the Year by USA Today and North Carolina's Player of the Year by the Associated Press. His final numbers for 1996-97—27.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 2.8 steals per game—attracted the attention of every major college coach. After Odom, he was rated above other prep stars such as Shane Battier, Ron Artest and Marcus Fizer. Leaning toward Rick Pitino and Kentucky, Tracy seemed ready to commit to the Wildcats.
But then word filtered down from NBA super scout Marty Blake that he was being projected as a potential first-round pick by several pro teams. Tim Duncan and Keith Van Horn were the only clear-cut lottery picks—after that there were no impact players. When Smith and Hopkins both advised Tracy to skip college, he decided to try his luck in the draft.
Of the teams interested in Tracy, the Chicago Bulls appeared the most serious. GM Jerry Krause negotiated to send Scottie Pippen to the Vancouver Grizzlies for their selection, #4 overall. But hours before the draft Michael Jordan nixed the deal, promising to retire if Pippen were traded.
That opened the door for several other teams, including the Toronto Raptors, who also had their eye of Tracy. Two years earlier, GM Isiah Thomas, hoping to land Kevin Garnett, had outlined a plan of attack to bring along a high school phenom. Now he dusted off the blueprint in anticipation of selecting Tracy. When the 18 year old was passed over by the first eight clubs in the draft (Duncan and Van Horn went 1-2), Toronto grabbed him. Tracy consulted with Hopkins and Smith, who agreed that at least one of two would stay with him throughout his rookie campaign. The NBA rookie salary structure took all the intrigue out of contract talks with the Raptors, while Smith used his contacts to arrange a sweet deal with adidas, which paid Tracy $12 million over six years.
Thomas was praised in most circles for his efforts to build a winner in Toronto. With Damon Stoudamire and Marcus Camby already on the roster, he had assembled the makings of a talented nucleus that might one day challenge for the NBA title. Tracy seemed to fit perfectly into this picture. As it turned out, however, his first year as a pro was a nightmare, as was the 1997-98 season for the Raptors.
The problems started early for Toronto when injuries to Camby, Carlos Rogers, Popeye Jones and Walt Williams decimated the front-line. Coach Darrell Walker quickly lost control of the team, and Toronto won just two of its first 24 games, dropping 17 in a row at one point. Eventually, Thomas jumped ship, accepting a life raft with NBC as an announcer, and Walker was fired and replaced by Butch Carter. Meanwhile, a couple of February blockbuster deals sent Stoudamire, Rogers, Williams and Jones packing. In their stead arrived Alvin Williams, Gary Trent, Chauncey Billups, and Dee Brown, among others. Suddenly the youngest club in the NBA, the Raptors bungled their way through the rest of the campaign, finishing at 16-66. Among the few bright spots on the team were Camby, who demonstrated All-Star ability when healthy, and swingman Doug Christie, who began to mature into a solid scorer.
Tracy watched most of the misery from the bench. First, he landed in Walker's doghouse for what was interpreted as a bad attitude. The coach criticized Tracy's work ethic, telling some that the youngster wouldn't last two years in the league, and almost never played him. When Carter took over, he used a more delicate touch with the rookie. The new coach sat down with Tracy and explained that he had to develop into an outstanding practice player before he could even think about being an NBA starter.
Carter's stern-but-forgiving hand was just what Tracy needed. He called his coach "Uncle Butch," and listened attentively to everything Carter said. By season's end, Tracy was flashing his talent on a nightly basis. He also found an ally in Kobe Bryant. The two had become friendly by virtue of their membership in the NBA's "Jumpa Straight From Prepa" fraternity. Bryant, in his second year with the Los Angeles Lakers, advised Tracy to seize opportunities in practice and games to impress the Raptors. That, he said, was all the organization wanted to see.
In the second half of the year, Tracy began to gain a better feel for life on and off the court in the pros. He hit the weight room and pushed himself and teammates in practice. His first career NBA start came in late December against the Washington Wizards, and he hit for 13 points and grabbed five rebounds. In 10 minutes of action in the Schick Rookie Game during the All-Star weekend in New York, he scored nine points. Against the New jersey Nets, also in February, he recorded season-highs with 22 points and eight rebounds. Carter rewarded Tracy's progress by inserting him in the starting lineup for the last 11 games of the campaign. For the year, playing 18 minutes a night, he averaged seven points, four rebounds, and one assist. Most important, he weathered the storm of a rocky rookie year and learned from his mistakes.
Things began to look up for Tracy in June when the Raptors pulled off a draft-day trade that brought Vince Carter to the club. The two had originally met while playing AAU ball in Florida, and their friendship grew during their days in North Carolina—Tracy as a senior at Mount Zion and Carter as a burgeoning star for the Tarheels. Their bond strengthened after they discovered they shared the same bloodlines. Indeed, at a family reunion, Tracy found out that his grandmother and Carter's grandmother were cousins.
Thanks to the NBA lockout, which dragged into the winter of 1998, Tracy and Carter had plenty of time to get reacquainted. But the second-year pro did more in the prolonged off-season than hang out with his new teammate. On the advice of Joel Hopkins, he worked out with a personal trainer named Wayne Hall. Uncle Butch, meanwhile, visited him in Florida and put him through the paces at a football camp run by his brother, All-Pro receiver Cris Carter. When the labor dispute finally ended, Tracy, who added 15 pounds of muscle to his once spindly frame, looked like a new player.
As a team, the Raptors featured more bulk, too. Most notably, GM Greg Grunwald acquired veterans Kevin Willis and Charles Oakley, who gave Toronto a sorely needed physical presence in the paint. Their impact was immediate. The club broke from the gate in the NBA's abbreviated 50-game schedule playing with passion and confidence. In February, the Raptors christened their new home, the Air Canada Centre, with a 102-87 victory over the Vancouver Grizzlies. From there, they battled hard night in and night out. With a final record of 23-27, Toronto enjoyed its best season in franchise history.
Carter, who was named Rookie of the Year, set the league on fire with his high-flying dunks and high-scoring performances. Alvin Williams gained valuable experience running the point. Christie rounded out his game with a more consistent effort of defense. And Dee Brown led the NBA in three-point baskets.
Tracy also became an integral part of the team. Coach Carter found a role for him as a sparkplug off the bench. Though the increase in the teenager's minutes was minimal, he often entered games in crucial situations. Tracy split time between small forward and point guard. On defense, he was the key to Toronto's trapping defense. Under the boards, he was so quick off the floor that he kept balls alive that normally would have fallen harmlessly into enemy hands. Tracy finished second on the Raptors in blocked shots (1.35) and field goal percentage (.436), third in rebounding (5.7) and steals (1.06), and fifth in scoring (9.3) and assists (2.3).
Part of Tracy's improvement was linked to his friendship with his cousin Vince. The two were rarely seen apart from each other. Tracy spent most of his off-time at the rookie's apartment, playing video games, listening to Busta Rhymes and feasting on fried chicken and pork chops. Teammates jokingly referred to them as Siamese twins. Coach Carter took note of the chemistry between the two and made sure to get them on the court together more often.
At times, however, the cousins took their relationship too far. That was apparent in the fall of 1999, during a preseason game against the Los Angeles Clippers. The pair was so focused on playing to the crowd that they forgot to play defense or pass the ball to teammates. Toronto fell 112-102, and forward Antonio Davis, newly acquired from the Indiana Pacers, called a closed-door meeting and administered an old-fashioned dressing down of the two young stars.
Tracy had already stirred some controversy when he told the media he deserved to see the floor at least 30 minutes a game. The Toronto front office didn't appreciate him popping off, especially since his game still needed honing. Consistency was his biggest flaw. The Raptors couldn't count on him for the same effort and production every night. Until they could, he would remain the club's sixth man.
Tracy and his agent, Arn Tellem, kept close tabs on how Toronto dealt with him. Due to become a free agent at the end of the season, the 20-year-old felt he had tremendous leverage. When he turned down an offer from the Raptors for six years at $70 million, it was clear that he might bolt for greener pastures when the campaign ended.
Playing both for a new contract and Toronto's first real shot at a playoff berth, Tracy gave the Raptors a strong lift off the bench as the team's sixth man. Going into the All-Star break, the club boasted a record of 22-19, its best mark ever at the midway point. Tracy's scoring was way up, and he was getting everyone in the offense involved with smart passing. More impressive was his commitment on defense. Often assigned an opponent's most lethal scorer, Tracy responded well to the challenge. In back-to-back games, he shut down Grant Hill of the Pistons, then Allan Houston of the Knicks. In the game against Detroit, he and Hill—also a free agent after the campaign—kidded about where they were headed. Both mentioned Orlando as a possible destination.
By the end of February, Coach Carter had to make room in the starting five for Tracy. With him, Vince, and Doug Christie teaming up, the Raptors presented matchup problems for everyone they faced. Toronto won 11 of its first 13 with Tracy as a starter. He pulled down 15 rebounds against Chicago and blocked seven shots against Houston. At season's end, his average in every significant category—15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.91 blocks and 1.14 steals—represented a career-high.
When April rolled around, the Raptors, at 45-37, secured their first post-season berth in franchise history. Drawing the Knicks in the first round, Toronto appeared ready for a playoff upset. But tensions simmering below the surface spoiled the fun. Some veterans weren't happy about the team's offensive scheme, and the relationship between Tracy and his cousin had cooled somewhat. When the Raptors blew a chance early in their best-of-three series to win one at Madison Square Garden, New York breathed a sigh of relief, then completed a sweep with an 87-80 victory at the Air Canada Center, the first NBA post-season game ever contested north of the U.S. border.
Though it was small consolation, Tracy played fantastic end-to-end ball. In his playoff debut in New York, he poured in 25 points and hauled down 10 rebounds, and completely disrupted the Knicks in the paint. He went on to average nearly 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists for the series. With the NBA executives around the league watching, Tracy established himself as one of the league's most treasured prizes on the free-agent market.
After the playoff loss, it was time for Tracy to start thinking about his future NBA home. Elton Brand of the Bulls tried to persuade him to go to Chicago, but he was uninterested in a rebuilding team. Tracy ruled out the Raptors, too—partly because they fired coach Carter. The two teams in hottest pursuit were the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat. Joining either would also allow Tracy to return to his home state and reunite with family and friends. During his three years in Toronto, he had often bankrolled relatives and childhood buddies on extended visits, but he relished the idea of seeing these familiar faces on a regular basis. Heat center Alonzo Mourning gave him a compelling sales pitch for the Miami organization, but Orlando coach Doc Rivers was even more convincing.
Rivers had taken the reins a year earlier and guided an undermanned team to a surprising .500 finish. He charmed Tracy with a mix of intelligence, warmth, humor and no-nonsense basketball philosophy. The second-year coach promised to put the ball in his hands in late-game situations and concocted a hybrid position similar to Scottie Pippen's during Chicago's championship years. In a sign-and-trade deal between Toronto and Orlando that netted him $93 million over seven years, Tracy joined the Magic and claimed uniform #1, the number Penny Hardaway had once worn.
Tracy was also swayed by the Magic's commitment to building a winner. Though he heard stories about fickle Orlando fans, he was impressed by the organization's pursuit of other big-name stars. Indeed, after being rebuffed by Tim Duncan, the club signed Grant Hill. Tracy figured that he and Hill could put Orlando over the top.
It didn't happen in the 2000-01 campaign, mostly because early in the year Hill went down with an ankle injury that eventually required season-ending surgery. The loss of the six-time All-Star changed everyone's role on the team. Rookie shooting guard Mike Miller was expected to shoulder more of the scoring load. Darrell Armstrong, who had blossomed into a legitimate point guard in 1999-00, was pushed to speed his development even more. Big men Pat Garrity, Andrew DeClercq, John Amaechi, and Bo Outlaw had to increase their production in the paint.
No one, however, was asked to do more than Tracy. He prepared for the campaign by strapping weights to his arms and legs for distance runs and sprints, pumping iron, and honing his game on the court of one of his new neighbors, Shaquille O'Neal. Posting career-highs in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, and minutes played, Tracy led the Magic to a 43-39 record and a trip to the playoffs. He topped or tied the team in scoring 58 times, in rebounding 35 times and in assists 24 times. He was named NBA Player of the Month in February—the same month he spearheaded a nine-game winning streak and made his first All-Star appearance.
Tracy got stronger as the season progressed. He beat Philadelphia in late March, banking in a buzzer-beater as he swooped down the lane. Weeks later he torched Washington for 49 points, and dished out 11 assists in a game against Boston. Tracy's 26.8 scoring average was the highest ever for a player younger than 22. For his efforts, he captured the NBA's Most Improved Player Award and was named second-team All-NBA.
The season wasn't all smiles for Tracy. In November, he criticized GM John Gabriel, the 1999-00 NBA Executive of the Year, for dealing Outlaw to Phoenix for Jud Buechler. Tracy caught heat for his comments, though he was simply echoing the thoughts of his coach. In the playoffs, he couldn't lift the Magic over the Milwaukee Bucks. In Game 1 he finished with 33 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. In Game 2, he scored 20 straight in the first half. In Game 3, he exploded for 42 points (becoming the second youngest player behind Magic Johnson to score 40 or more in a post-season contest) and added 10 assists. All along he played suffocating defense, holding Glenn Robinson to less than 20 points a game and barking about it night after night. Still, it wasn't enough, and Orlando fell in four.
Tracy and the Magic looked forward to Hill's return in the fall of 2001, especially after the club added veterans Horace Grant and Patrick Ewing to provide muscle and leadership. Also, Miller, the 2001 Rookie of the Year, developed an effective low-post game that promised to give Rivers another reliable option in his offense. Yet once again, Hill suffered an ankle injury that sidelined him for virtually the entire year. While Orlando tried to plug the hole with contributions from Garrity, Troy Hudson and Monty Williams, the onus was back on Tracy to raise the level of his game. He welcomed the pressure for the second season in a row.
Tracy was the story for Orlando from opening night until the club's first-round exit in the post-season. During the summer, he had studied video of Magic Johnson to learn how to handle the ball against smaller opponents. He also watched film of Larry Bird, picking up important information on using screens. In turn, Tracy became a more complete player. He led the Magic in scoring (his 25.6 points a game ranked fourth in the NBA), rebounding and minutes played, and finished second to Armstrong in assists and steals. Named to the All-NBA First Team, he was one of only two players in the league to average at least 25 points, five rebounds and five assists. He also earned the respect of writers, who placed fourth in the balloting for MVP.
For Tracy, the 2001-02 season was an educational experience in more than one way. Several times during the year, including twice in the playoffs, pain flared up in his back. Since he had never before been slowed a serious injury, Tracy was greatly concerned by the problem. To his relief, he found the treatment to be very simple. He wasn't getting enough fluids. Tracy now makes sure to drink plenty of water when training and during games.
Though the Magic improved by just one victory, they entered the playoffs with high hopes. The Eastern Conference had no clear-cut favorite. Unfortunately, Orlando ran into Baron Davis and the nothing-to-lose Charlotte Hornets, and fell in four frustrating games. Tracy played well, but again didn't get support from his teammates.
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Advanced vim usage?
Could a wise vim wizard share with us the art of advanced vim usage using plugins and commands not explained in this article? --Svenstaro 22:45, 19 August 2009 (EDT)
- I am not a wizard, but regardless, one of the things to do is simply peruse the quickref and try to think of when such and such command or keystroke could be useful. Read the associated documentation for those you are interested in. See also Jonathan McPherson's article on efficient editing as well as Bram Moolenar's version. --khne522 Forgot to sign at the moment of posting.
"This is the basic usage on how to use vim" is a very awkward sentece. I've changed it.
- Nod. How it is put now describes it better. --Gen2ly 15:39, 21 October 2009 (EDT)
256 Colorschemes
There should be a comment somewhere in the vimrc example pointing out that 256 colors load properlly if the colorscheme sentence on the vimrc is at the bottom of the file
Should there be this much tutorial content?
The usage section is very large, and not very useful, in my opinion. If users are looking for learning resources, vimtutor would do a much better job. I think usage should be a short overview of things that focuses on more abstract things, such as how modal editing works. Conley (talk) 15:06, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
- My reply would be a simple +1 (also because of Help:Style#Hypertext metaphor), but the same observation can be done for Emacs, so we can either remove the usage sections from both articles or none.
- I don't think it's the ArchWiki's duty to teach how to use Vim or Emacs, there are innumerable guides, tutorials, cheat sheets... out there for both applications, not counting their official documentation. I don't think either that people really come to the ArchWiki to learn how to use those programs.
- On the other hand, I recognise that a lot of effort has been put to write those sections, and just chucking them out like that would make me a little sorry ^^
- More opinions?
- -- Kynikos (talk) 12:35, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- The Emacs page was re-written and structured to be consistent with the Vim page; any structure change should be reflected in both pages. I don't want to speculate why people do and don't come to the ArchWiki. The standard of documentation on these pages is quite good and I wouldn't like to see them removed just for the sake of it. However, if other pages can be found which provide an equivalent (or better) resource, then I'm all for it.
- --Chpln (talk) 09:23, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
- This documentation is hard for me to read; my eyes just skim right past it. I think it may be the typography that's causing issues, but at any rate, I feel that there are many better resources. There's the wonderful vimtutor and the help documents both built into vim. Also, here are a few sites I found from a quick search:
- http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki
- http://www.openvim.com/
- http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively/
- http://www.knowvim.com/
- http://yanpritzker.com/2011/12/16/learn-to-speak-vim-verbs-nouns-and-modifiers/
- http://vim-adventures.com/ (You have to pay if you want the entire game)
- Conley (talk)
- Vim hs a very good document base. Arch wiki should link to these pages instead duplicate information here. Upstream first is what Arch always does. -- Fengchao (talk) 02:26, 26 September 2012 (UTC)


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Jennifer and I had a wonderful evening leading worship at Frink Park in Clayton, NY last night. Joseph Gilchrist sat in on drums, and his brother Daniel on bass.
With a huge storm front moving in from the south, we decided to start early as there was already a good amount of people seated. We asked the Lord to hold off the rain, then told the audience we'd play as long as we could.
After more than an hour of playing, the dark sky loomed overhead. I turned to Jenny and asked her to sing one last song. She picked our favorite: Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Just as she started the bridge, she pointed up behind the audience and said, "I just want everyone to know there's a giant rainbow up there." To all our amazement, right on cue, a rainbow appeared. As if God was reminding us once again of his promises, and heard our request to keep the rain off.
As we pulled out of Clayton with all the gear packed away, the storm hit. Hard.
I asked people to take pics and send them to me so I could make a collage and post it here. If you were there last night and see a photo you took, please leave a comment below so we know who you are and can give you props.
Thanks to all those who came out; we love playing for the hometown crowd. ch:


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mrbear666 wrote:what puppy do you have?
She's not actually a puppy, I just call her one lol She's a 16yr old corgi x german shepherd, and she's also my baby
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mrbear666 wrote:what puppy do you have?
klaatu21 wrote:sensai ross, forgive me for doubting you and myself
Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:There's only one thing I'm riding at 6am, and it's not a bike!
vegan_rossco wrote:wow that dog made me melt
crosses actually grow faster better and stronger by genetics, it's called "hybrid vigour" so that may have something to do with personality differences
Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Beautiful dog, she's lovely. I still miss my one even 6yrs on.
Cown wrote:What kind of dog did you have?
Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
Scooby, a fox terrier. My best buddy and running partner. He got knocked over by a car when he was about 20 months old, he died about a minute after being hit. He was still alive when I reached him, died in my arms so I would have been the last thing he saw
mrbear666 wrote:http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=28533&start=60 i got a scrumpy!
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The Kardashians have become the latest celebrity 'swatting' victims following a hoax call on Friday (18Jan13).
Police took over Bruce and Kris Jenner's Hidden Hills home near Los Angeles after receiving a 911 call claiming someone had been shot inside the house, according to TMZ.com.
The caller told authorities he or she was locked in a closet in the house.
Sources tell the website officers locked down the neighborhood as they searched the Jenner estate. Bruce, Kris and their daughters Kylie and Kendall were asked to wait outside their home as police verified the family wasn't in any danger.
Police insiders tell TMZ.com it was all a hoax and the Kardashian clan fell victim to the 'swatting' craze.
Earlier this week (beg14Jan13), police were called to Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills home to check out a false alarm.
Other recent victims have included Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber.


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Can't anyone keep a secret anymore? The updated Nexus 7 has already appeared on camera, but the press shots without all the reality of finger prints and real lighting can be fun to take a look at.
Best Buy is also contributing to the cause with their leaked flyer below. The slight price bump to $229 for the 16GB model is reaffirmed. The flyer also places the arrival of the new Nexus 7 as Tuesday, July 30th which would be a day ahead of most previous rumors.
Much like the Moto X this is more confirmation rather than revelations since we have seen full spec lists from a variety of sources. Here's the full breakdown of what we have heard (italics indicates less certainty):
- 1.5 GHz quad-core processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 600)
- 7-inch screen at 1920 x 1200
- 4GB of RAM
- 5MP rear and 1.2MP front-facing camera
- 16 or 32 GB of storage
- 4000 mAh battery
- 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
- Wireless charging
- Notification light
- Slim port for 1080p video output
- Android 4.3
It would have been nice to see Google stick to the sub-$200 price point for the Nexus 7, however considering the spec sheet on this revised Nexus 7 it is actually a bit surprising that they are managing to hit $229. Safe bet we'll be hearing more about the new Nexus 7 from Google this week so all will be revealed soon.
So assuming you don't win yourself a current Nexus 7 in our contest who is going to be picking up the new Nexus 7 at the end of the month?


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n. When an individual does not properly wipe his/her ass and leaves a shit stain in the underwear. Can result from sitting down and/or scratching the crack area.
by chork August 19, 2005
a finely trimmed line of female pubic hair.
by poophead July 16, 2003
Also known as "Skid Marks," racing stripes are feces left on the bottom of your underwear.
I was gonna tap that girl, but when I got her panties off, there were racing stripes. I just let her go down instead.
by Anonymous February 20, 2003
Two or three lines shaved into the side of the head just above the ear. This hairstyle has been observed on prominent figures throughout history such as Vanilla Ice, Wesley Snipes, and your little brother whose idol is "Dirty" Dale Earnhardt,
Little Bobby's been askin' for some "racing stripes" shaved into his head because all the fellers at school got em.
by riotgirl83 January 16, 2009
The poo stains left in your underware. Caused by not wiping your ass, not wiping your ass enough, or having a bubbler or shart in the middle of the day. The appearance is similar to the starting area of a drag racing strip, or the "wheels down" area on a runway.
Husband: Sweetie pie honey bunny, these underware are going to need some "special" attention.
Wife: My god, whats up with the racing stripe?
Husband: Had a bubbler after my Taco Bell lunch today.
Wife: My god, whats up with the racing stripe?
Husband: Had a bubbler after my Taco Bell lunch today.
by Frainslug February 16, 2006
the red marks leading up a male's erect penis after receiving a blowjob where the woman scrapes her teeth.
by thescraped August 28, 2011
While in the act of love making from the "doggie-style" position. Insert two fingers into the girls rectum, pull them out and wipe them off in a stripe fashion down the length of her back.
"Did you and Sheila hook up?"
"Hell Yeah, I even gave her some racing stripes."
"Hell Yeah, I even gave her some racing stripes."
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On this morning 200 years ago, a plucky Irish immigrant, John O'Neill, matched wits with British Adm. Sir George Cockburn, a veteran sea dog in command of a fleet of 19 vessels that sailed into Havre de Grace during the War of 1812.
O'Neill was born in Ireland in 1768 and immigrated to America in 1786. After serving under Gen. Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, helping to put an end to the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania in 1794, he settled in Havre de Grace, then a small Upper Chesapeake Bay village with about 60 wooden houses. There he opened a nail factory.
During the spring of 1813, the British fleet was operating in the Chesapeake and had attacked Poplar, Tilghman and other islands.
A British deserter informed the militia in Havre de Grace on May 1 that the English were on their way and planned to attack the town — but his warning was ignored.
Two days later, as residents of Havre de Grace were slowly stirring in the early dawn, the sound of an intense bombardment near Concord Point drove them from their beds.
It wasn't long before the village that sits at the junction of the bay and the Susquehanna River was ablaze.
O'Neill, who was a lieutenant in the town militia, was on duty at a breastwork called "Potato Battery" that was made up of three cannons.
Terrified by the intensity of the attack, O'Neill's forces — who totaled nearly 50 men and were mainly elderly — soon deserted him, fleeing into the relative safety of nearby woods.
O'Neill described the attack in a letter he wrote a week later:
"The grape-shot flew thick about me. I loaded the gun myself without anyone to serve the vent, which you know is very dangerous, and fired her, when she recoiled and rolled over my thigh.
"I retreated down to town and joined Mr. Barnes of the nail manufactory with a musket and fired on the barges while we had ammunition, and then retreated to the common, where I kept waving my hat to the militia, who had run away, to come to our assistance. But they proved cowardly and would not come back," he wrote.
"At the same time an English officer on horseback, followed by the marines, rode up and took me with two muskets in my hand. I was carried on board the Maidstone frigate where I remained until released."
The bombardment ended in 15 minutes as a British force of 400 landed and swept into Havre de Grace, plundering and setting fire to what their cannons had not destroyed, leaving only one building untouched.
"The ruins of Havre de Grace shall stand as a monument to British cruelty. … The villain deed has roused the honest indignation of every man — no one pretends to justify or excuse it," observed Baltimore-based Niles' Register. "It has knit the people into a common bond for vengeance on the incendiaries."
When word reached shore that O'Neill was to be executed, his 15-year-old daughter, Matilda, rowed out to the Maidstone to plead for her father's life.
When she showed Cockburn her father's commission in the militia, which demonstrated that he was not a civilian, the admiral ordered his release, which took place May 10.
It was said that the admiral was so taken with the courage and beauty of Matilda O'Neill that he presented her his gold-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box.
O'Neill's heroic stand did not go unnoticed, and he was hailed as a hero beyond Maryland. The citizens of Philadelphia presented the defender of Havre de Grace with a handsome sword.
In 1829, when a lighthouse was erected on Concord Point, O'Neill was given the honor of being its first keeper, with successive family members fulfilling that role until 1920, when it was converted to automatic operation.
O'Neill died in 1838 and was buried on a hill above the town he so valiantly fought to save.
Beginning Friday, the city will observe the bicentennial of the attack on Havre de Grace with a re-enactment of the battle and numerous other events during a three-day celebration. Information is available at the city of Havre de Grace tourism website: http://www.hdgtourism.com.


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